3.1 Preparation of Wood

• Tools and equipment for wood preparation
• Truing up the stock (face side, face edge, width, thickness, length)
• Operations on prepared wood (chamfering, bevelling, rebating, grooving, housing, mitring, boring)
• The importance of accurate wood preparation

• select appropriate tools and equipment for wood preparation
• describe the processes involved in wood preparation (truing up the stock)
• carry out different operations on prepared wood
• appreciate the importance of wood preparation for a product

“Why must wood be prepared (trued up) accurately before use?”

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1. What wood preparation is and why it matters
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   What preparing (truing up) wood means, and why it is the essential first step before making anything.
2. Tools and equipment for wood preparation
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   Selecting the tools and equipment needed to prepare wood - planes, marking and testing tools, saw and bench.
3. Truing up the stock: the sequence
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   The correct order for truing up a piece of wood - face side, face edge, width, thickness, length.
4. Truing up: the face side
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   Step 1 of truing up - planing one broad face flat and true, and marking the face side.
5. Truing up: the face edge
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   Step 2 of truing up - planing one edge straight and square to the face side, and marking the face edge.
6. Truing up: gauging and planing to width
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   Step 3 of truing up - gauging the required width from the face edge and planing down to the line.
7. Truing up: gauging and planing to thickness
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   Step 4 of truing up - gauging the required thickness from the face side and planing down to the line.
8. Truing up: cutting to length
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   Step 5 of truing up - marking and sawing the ends square to bring the piece to the exact length.
9. Truing up: the whole sequence in practice
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   A practical lesson: truing up a piece of wood through all five steps, testing at each stage.
10. Operations on prepared wood: overview
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    What "operations on prepared wood" means - the shaping operations done once a piece is trued up.
11. Chamfering
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    The chamfer operation - planing a corner off at an angle to remove the sharp edge or decorate.
12. Bevelling
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    The bevel operation - sloping a whole face or edge to an angle, and how it differs from a chamfer.
13. Rebating
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    The rebate operation - cutting a step (recess) along an edge, and what rebates are used for.
14. Grooving
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    The groove operation - cutting a channel along the grain, and how it differs from a rebate.
15. Housing
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    The housing operation - cutting a channel across the grain to house another piece, e.g. a shelf.
16. Mitring
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    The mitre operation - cutting an angle (usually 45 degrees) so two pieces meet at a neat corner.
17. Boring and other operations
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    Boring as an operation on prepared wood, and a review of all the operations together.
18. The importance of accurate wood preparation
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    The inquiry answered: why wood must be prepared (trued up) accurately before use.